Two female cast members added to 'SNL'?

Two female cast members have been added to the cast of Saturday Night Live, according to reports.

Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad will debut on the long-running US sketch comedy series in the autumn, says TV Guide.

Slate, 27, is a graduate from Columbia University who performed at a campus-based weekly comedy theatre show. She also wrote a one-woman performance piece entitled Dead Millionaire, and demonstrated her sketch abilities on SNL alumnus Jimmy Fallon's late-night chatshow.

Iran-born Pedrad began her comedy career with the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings. In 2007, she performed her one-woman show Me, Myself & Iran at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival, while she also appeared on ER as a nurse during the drama's final two seasons.

Reps for NBC declined to comment on the news. Saturday Night Live will begin its 35th season on September 26.